Bustle and hip extension.



No. 692,095. Patented Jan. 28, I902.

m. E. WETHERELL.

BUSTL'E AND HIP EXTENSION.

(Application filed Oct. 5, 1901.)

2 Sheets Sheet I.

(No Model.)

IN VE N T05 Jfa/y E Wezkerell WITNESSES Patnted Ian. 23, I902.

E. WLETHEB ELL. BUSTLE AND HIP EXTENSION.

A lication filed Oct. cs, 190i.

2 Shdets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

V 2 W W WITNESSES A TTORNEYS MARY E. WETHERELL, OF BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO SOPHIA H. SAWYER, OF WELLFLEET,MASSACHUSETTS.

BUSTLE AND HIP EXTENSION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 692,095, dated January28, 1902.

Application filed October 5, 1901. Serial No. 77,689. (No model.)

ness to a skirt, especially over the hip and.

back portions.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out inthe claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a rear perspective view of the improvement. Fig. 2 is asectional plan view of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is areduced rear perspective view of the improvement as applied. Fig. 4 is asectional side elevation of the same at the hip, and Fig. 5 is a similarView of the same at the rear middle portion.

The improved device consists, essentially,

of the hip-extension portions A A, the hipportions B B, and the bustleproper, O, all fastened at their middle to a rear center stay D, asplainly shown in the drawings, and one portion appearing spaced from theother, so that when the device is used, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5,the bustle proper, O, rests on the back of the wearer, the hipextensions rest and extend over the hips and to the front thereof, andthe hip-extension portions are the corset.

nounced curved shape on lengthening or shortening the said tapes. On theupper ends of the stays O are arranged short strips F of a suitablefabric material carrying safety pins, eyelets, lacings, or otherfastening devices F for securing the bustle to the rear of The frontends of the hip portions B B and the front ends of the hip-extensionportions A A are fastened together on common stays G, and on these staysG are secured the tying bands H, adapted to be fastened over the frontof the corset at or near the lower abdominal portion thereof. The

-hip extensions A A are each provided at or near their middle with staysI for connecting the several longitudinal strips with each other, thesaid stays I being curved, as plainly indicated in Fig. 4, to cause thehip extensions to properly bulge outwardly over the hip portions B B.From the stays I extend the braces J in upward directions to connectwith the longitudinal strips forming the hip extensions to give thedesired rigidity to the extensions.

The entire device is preferably covered by a suitable fabric materialand is'attached to the corset, as previously mentioned, by the use ofthe devices F, and is drawn into the desired position by the bands H,tied in front over the abdominal portion of the corset.

Having thus described my invention, I claim asnew and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A device of the class described, comprising abustle, hip portions, and hip-extension portions, all fastened togetherat their middle and extending one outside of the other, said hipportions and hip-extension portions arranged to lie in the sametransverse plane as the bustle at the rear thereof and divergingforwardlyand laterally from the line of union with said bustle, as setforth.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a bustle, hip portions,and hip-extension portions, all fastened together at their middle andextending one outside of the other and spaced one from the other, saidhip portions and hip'extension portions arranged to lie in the sametransverse plane as the bustle at the rear thereof and divergingforwardly and laterally from the line of union with said bustle, as setforth.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a bustle, hip portions,and hip-extension portions, all fastened together at their rear andextending one outside of the other, said hip portions and hip-extensionportions diverging laterally and forwardly with respect to the bustlebeginning with the line of union at the rear of the article, the frontends of the hip-extension portions being united to the front ends of thehip portions, asset forth.

4. A device of the class described, comprising a bustle, hip portions,and hip-extension portions, all fastened together at their rear andextending one outside of the other, the front ends of the hip-extensionportions being united to the front ends of the hip portions, and staysat the middle portion of the hip extensions to give the desired bulge t0the sides of the hip extensions, said hip portions and hip-extensionportions diverging laterally and forwardly with respect to the bustlebeginning with the line of union at the rear of the article, as setforth.

5. A device of the class described, comprising a bustle, hip portions,and hip-extension portions, all fastened together at their middle andextending one outside of the other and on forwardly-diverging lines fromthe line of 6. A device of the class described, comprising a rear centerstay, a bustle carried by the center stay, hip portions extending fromthe said center stay and forward of the bustle and spaced laterallythereto, and hip-extension portions extending from the said center stayoutside of and in lateral spaced relation to the hip portions andconnected therewith at the front ends, as set forth.

7. A device of the class described, comprising a rear center stay, abustle carried by the center stay, hip portions extending from the saidcenter stay and forward of the bustle and in lateral spaced relationthereto, hipextension portions extending from the said center stayoutside of the hip portions and connected therewith at the front ends,and means for adjusting the said bustle and attaching it to a corset, asset forth.

8. A device of the class described, comprising a rear center stay, abustle carried by the center stay, hip portions extending from the saidcenter stay and forward of the bustle, hip-extension portions extendingfrom the said center stay outside of the hip portions and connectedtherewith at the front ends, means carried by the said bustle forattaching the device to the corset, and bands at the united front endsof the hip portions and hipextension portions to attach the device tothe abdominal part of a corset, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARY E. l/VETHERELL.

Witnesses:

FRANK J. MORGAN, M. JOSEPHINE SWEET.

